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(N0 ModeL) V J. CALDER -& R. W. COURTNEY.

IMPLEMENT FOR APPLYING BAGGAGE AND GAR SEALS.

Patented June 9, 1885.

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EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,450, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed June 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES CALDER and ROBERT W. COURTNEY, of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Applying Baggage and Car Seals, of which the following is a full and complete description.

The accompanying drawings,herein referred to and forming part of this specification, represent, in Figure 1, a perspective view of the implement; in Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; in Fig. 3, a detail perspective; and in Fig. 4, a side view of the head of the implement, the handles being broken away. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the pivotal connection between the handle (3 and link D.

The implement consists, of two jaws, A B, pivoted together at a, the lower jaw, B, being formed integral with the handle B, and upper handle or lever, O, and a link, D, by which the lever O is connected with the jaw B.

The implement is designed for the attach ment of the ordinary lead seals which are perforated to receive the ends of a wire threaded therethrough and through the parts to be sealed, which seals are attached by compressing them upon the ends of the wire, so that the articles or parts so sea-led can only be opened by withdrawing one or both ends of the wire from the lead seal or by cutting or breaking it.

The lower jaw, B, and its handle B are formed with perforated ears 1), between which the shank a of the jaw A is received, and to which it is pivoted by the pin a.

The lower jaw, 13, is formed with a diagonal slot, 0, in its lower side, which slot opens near the front end of the jaw and runs in an upward and backward direction. This slot receives the round bar 0 'of the link D, the side bars of which extend up on either side of the twojaws.

To the upper cross-bar, c of the link D the handle 0 is attached, which handle is formed with what maybe termed an eccentric loop at its attached end-that is, the extreme end of the bent portion which forms the loop is thinner than the part d, where the bend to form the loop begins. Thus when the parts are connected the outer surface of the loop is cocentric to the bar 0 and this subserves apurpose that will be presently explained.

The upper surface of the jaw A and its shank bar 0 of link D, when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The end of the handle 0 which forms the loop tapers in width from about the point d, the extreme end being of such width as to pass freely between the projecting upper ends of the side bars of the link D, while at the point (I the width is greater than the space between said side bars. This is for the purpose of allowing the handle 0 to be used as a lever to turn the link D into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, should the seal, when placed between the jaws, be too thick to allow it to be brought to this position easily. The wider part of the handle in this case bears against the rear sides of the projecting ends of the link, which act as shoulders or stops, thus causing the handle to act as a lever in turning the link forward to the limit of its movement.

The shank of the jaw Ahas a slightly-curved end,which projects back beyond its pivot a far enough toprotrude from between the ears I) when the jaws are together, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so that when the link D and its tached handle G are carried back to the position shown in Figs. 1 and2 the loop of the bandle will strike this projecting end and raise the jaw A, as shown in Fig. 1, when the seal may be placed between the two jaws without further manipulation of the implement. A pin, 8 5

0 in the handle 0 prevents the separation or the link and handle. 1

The operation is as follows: The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1, the seal to'be compressed is placed between the two jaws A B. The two handles B and G are then grasped, and the latter carried to the position indicatcd by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. Should the seal be too thick to allow the parts to assume this position readily, the handle 0 may be used as a lever, as above explained, and the seal will thus be slightly compressed. The parts having been brought into this position, the handle 6 is turned back into or toward the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 4,whereby the eccentric loop will gradually press down the jaw A, and thus compress the seal to any degree desired. The seal having been sufficiently compressed, the handle 0 is again turned upward or forward sufficiently to relax the pressure whenrit is carried bodily back-. ward to the position shown in Fig. 1, when the die may be engraved or formed with any suitable design or device'with which it may be desired to mark the seal. A number of interchangeable dies with different designs or marks may be furnished and used with each implement.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim 1. The implement herein described for attaching baggage and car seals, consisting of a combined jaw and handle, B B, an upper jaw pivoted thereto and having an upper curved s'urface, 'a link, D, connected to the lower jaw' and surrounding the upper jaw, and a leverhandle pivoted to the upper end by an eccentric connection, the link adapted to be turned back over the curved upper jaw to allow the same to open, and forward to close the same, substantially as'shown and described. v -2. In an implement for attaching baggage and car seals, the combination of a lower jawv and-handle,'B B, formed integrally and provided' with'ears b, an upper jaw, A, pivotedf y v I between said ears, and having an'end projecting backward from between the' same, a link jaw and handle, B B, made in one piece, the.

upper jaw, A, pivoted thereto at a, the link D, attached to the lower jaw and surrounding the upper one, the handle 0, pivotally attached to the upperend of the link, the latter being provided witha shoulder to arrest the handle when it is turned substantially in line with the link, the upper surface of theupper jaw being curved from a center which is approximately the point at which the link is'attached to the lower jaw, all as and .forrthe purpose specified.

JAMES CALDER. I Y R? W. COURTNEY.

Witnesses:

It. H; WVRIGHT, C. C. Cox. 1 

